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Milwaukee alderman's car hit by gunfire

A Milwaukee City Alderman says his car was hit by gunfire.

Milwaukee alderman's car hit by gunfire

A Milwaukee City Alderman says his car was hit by gunfire.

>> I WASN’T AS SHOCKED AS I WAS ANGRY. >> MILWAUKEE ALDERMAN CAVALIER JOHNSON SHOWED ME THE SPOT A BULLET WENT THROUGH THE BACK OF HIS CAR TUESDAY EVENING. >> I DID SEE SOMEONE RUNNING AWAY FROM THE GENERAL AREA, RIGHT AFTER THE GUNSHOTS RANG OUT. >> JOHNSON SAYS HE WAS INSIDE OF HIS HOME NEAR 63RD AND CAPITOL WITH HIS THREE YOUNG CHILDREN WHEN HE HEARD TWO GUNSHOTS. >> MY NINE-YEAR-OLD, WHO PLAYS CATCH OUTSIDE, WRITES HIS BICYCLE, PLAYS IN THE SNOW, HE HAD TO HIT THE FLOOR. >> HE SAYS HIS FAMILY IS SCARED, BUT LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT. DESPITE HIS CAR GETTING HIT AND TWO SHELL CASINGS FOUND ON HIS PROPERTY, HE DOES NOT BELIEVE HE WAS TARGETED IN THE SHOOTING. >> I BELIEVE IT IS SOMEBODY BEING RECKLESS WITH A GUN IN THIS COMMUNITY, IN MY VEHICLE JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN THE WAY, AND EVEN IF MY VEHICLE DID NOT GET STRUCK, IT STILL CAUSE TRAUMA. >> AS MILWAUKEE POLICE SEARCH FOR THE SHOOTER, JOHNSON SAYS THIS CLOSE CALL HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR TOUGHER GUN LAWS. >> WE ARE SAYING WE DON’T WANT PEOPLE TO GET GUNS WHO SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THEM. >> IN MILWAUKEE, HILLARY MINTZ, WISN 12 NEWS. DERRICK: MILWAUKEE POLICE SAY THEY INVESTIGATED ANOTHER SHOOTING NEAR THE ALDERMAN’S HOUSE JUST THIS AFTERNOON. POLICE SAY SOMEONE SHOT A 27-YEAR-OLD MAN TEN BLOCKS AWAY NEAR 73RD AND FIEBRANTZ. THEY’RE STILL LOOKING FOR
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Milwaukee alderman's car hit by gunfire

A Milwaukee City Alderman says his car was hit by gunfire.

A Milwaukee City Alderman says his car was hit by gunfire.Alderman Cavalier Johnson said it happened just before 5 p.m. Tuesday.His car was parked outside his home near N. 63rd Street and W. Capitol Drive when it was hit by a bullet.Johnson said he does not believe he was targeted in the shooting."I think somebody was just being reckless with a gun in this community and my vehicle just happened to be in the way and even if my vehicle didn't get struck it still caused trauma," Johnson said.His 9-year-old son was home with him at the time of the shooting."He was frightened in his own home. He was scared in his own neighborhood because of someone else’s reckless actions with a gun," he said. "No kid should have to experience this."Johnson said he was pretty upset by the violence."When officers arrived and showed me just how close the bullet casings were I was shocked," he said.No one was injured in the shooting.He said he saw someone running from the scene after hearing two gunshots.Johnson used the incident to call for tougher gun control laws."What’s even more insulting to victims of gun violence and concerned parents in Milwaukee and throughout our state is that there are laws on the books allowing people with known criminal history but only misdemeanors to continue having access to guns -- all the while this state’s highest level leaders in the Assembly and the Senate push back and resist common sense reforms," he said.Johnson said 80 percent of Wisconsin residents favor more background checks for gun purchases, according to a Marquette University Law School poll."Because of inaction, woeful indifference, or a decades long misunderstanding by our elected leaders at the state and federal levels of the need to reform who can access deadly weapons and when, our fellow citizens continue to be mowed down by a barrage of bullets," he said.Johnson added that no child should be afraid of gun violence."Instead of delivering the action that Wisconsinites want, these leaders -- from within the security of their safe gerrymandered cocoons, hatched a plan to instead spend $100 million hardening schools as targets," he said. "So while the market is now selling bulletproof backpacks and school children like my son across this nation have to practice code red drills to prepare for an active shooter -- the legislative leadership in this state seems to refuse to even acknowledge that the elephant in the room is that people who should not have guns in the first place, have too easy access to them under current law. They refuse to even try doing something different."Police said they were investigating but so far no arrests have been made."We don't want people to get guns who should not have access to them," he said.On Wednesday, police said a 27-year-old man suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound 10 blocks from Johnson's home.Johnson was elected in 2016 and represents Milwaukee's 2nd District.

A Milwaukee City Alderman says his car was hit by gunfire.

Alderman Cavalier Johnson said it happened just before 5 p.m. Tuesday.

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His car was parked outside his home near N. 63rd Street and W. Capitol Drive when it was hit by a bullet.

Johnson said he does not believe he was targeted in the shooting.

"I think somebody was just being reckless with a gun in this community and my vehicle just happened to be in the way and even if my vehicle didn't get struck it still caused trauma," Johnson said.

His 9-year-old son was home with him at the time of the shooting.

"He was frightened in his own home. He was scared in his own neighborhood because of someone else’s reckless actions with a gun," he said. "No kid should have to experience this."

Johnson said he was pretty upset by the violence.

"When officers arrived and showed me just how close the bullet casings were I was shocked," he said.

No one was injured in the shooting.

He said he saw someone running from the scene after hearing two gunshots.

Johnson used the incident to call for tougher gun control laws.

"What’s even more insulting to victims of gun violence and concerned parents in Milwaukee and throughout our state is that there are laws on the books allowing people with known criminal history but only misdemeanors to continue having access to guns -- all the while this state’s highest level leaders in the Assembly and the Senate push back and resist common sense reforms," he said.

Johnson said 80 percent of Wisconsin residents favor more background checks for gun purchases, according to a Marquette University Law School poll.

"Because of inaction, woeful indifference, or a decades long misunderstanding by our elected leaders at the state and federal levels of the need to reform who can access deadly weapons and when, our fellow citizens continue to be mowed down by a barrage of bullets," he said.

Johnson added that no child should be afraid of gun violence.

"Instead of delivering the action that Wisconsinites want, these leaders -- from within the security of their safe gerrymandered cocoons, hatched a plan to instead spend $100 million hardening schools as targets," he said. "So while the market is now selling bulletproof backpacks and school children like my son across this nation have to practice code red drills to prepare for an active shooter -- the legislative leadership in this state seems to refuse to even acknowledge that the elephant in the room is that people who should not have guns in the first place, have too easy access to them under current law. They refuse to even try doing something different."

Police said they were investigating but so far no arrests have been made.

"We don't want people to get guns who should not have access to them," he said.

On Wednesday, police said a 27-year-old man suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound 10 blocks from Johnson's home.

Johnson was elected in 2016 and represents Milwaukee's 2nd District.

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